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You might be familiar with the process of verifying your age in the UK. There’s no shame in that. Age verification is hardly limited to just those sorts of sites—it turns out all manner of content is now age-gated, including information on health topics surrounding addiction. Even Xbox is rolling it out. You don’t have … Read more

Earlier this month, EA made the unexpected call to let players have the classic “closed” weapons ruleset in next week’s Battlefield 6 beta, seemingly contradicting its “open” weapons vision for BF6 that lets any class equip any gun. The unprecedented decision to support two opposing rulesets at once begged a question: Come launch, which format … Read more

Four hours of Battlefield 6 multiplayer made one thing extremely clear: Battlefield was perfect just the way it was. I’m no Battlefield 2042 hater—in fact, I maintain it got really good—but it proved that the Battlefield formula doesn’t infinitely scale. Double the players was not automatically better, nor was its faux-class system that emphasized flashy … Read more

We’re all trapped in launcher hell. Right now, as I write this, my taskbar trembles with apps: Steam, Battle.net, Ubisoft Connect, the Epic Game Store. In my start menu lurks another nest: GOG Galaxy, Xbox, EA, the Paradox Launcher. To add insult to injury, pretty much every one of them bar Steam will intermittently forget … Read more

The period between July and November is normally a bit of a wasteland when it comes to substantial discounts. With EOFY sales and Amazon Prime Day in the rearview mirror, and Black Friday a long way away, it must suck to urgently need, say, a new gaming monitor right now. Or so you’d think. The … Read more

Live on stage from a Los Angeles warehouse on Wednesday, EA kicked off its Battlefield 6 multiplayer presentation with a crowd pleaser: Portal is back, and it’s way more powerful. The custom games toolset that debuted in Battlefield 2042 has undergone some serious upgrades that sure make it seem like a proper, Halo Forge-style mode. … Read more

We’ve given our daily Wordle section a makeover, and redesigned it to make it easier for you to quickly find as much or as little help as you want. With clear sections and multiple hints that get straight to the point, we’re sure you’ll find adding the August 1 (1504) answer to your already impressive … Read more

At its big multiplayer reveal event today, EA announced that Battlefield 6 will be out on October 10, with a couple of open beta periods happening very soon. It’ll be interesting to see if EA’s large-scale FPS series can once again compete with the big dogs after its past stumbles—by releasing in October, it’ll be … Read more

In a note to developers, Itch.io founder Leaf Corcoran has confirmed that free adult content will be re-indexed on the platform, alongside a new content warning system. It follows the wholesale de-indexing of adult content on the indie game marketplace due to pressure applied by an anti-pornography lobby group on major credit card processors. Since … Read more

I still remember the very first time I tried Team Fortress Classic’s VIP mode, which was also called The Hunted. I spawned into my first match and saw that instead of a gun I was holding an umbrella. I was the VIP! Hell, yes! But also: Oh, no! In TFC VIP, one player was the … Read more